Samsung’s weird, new patent

Did you check out the ASUS Padfone, and think the phone-in-a-tablet was a pretty cool design? A phone that slides into the back of a tablet could be the best of both worlds, or a complicated mess.

Samsung seems to agree with Padfone fans, as they’ve recently acquired a patent for a similar product. The device, which you’ll see below (courtesy of Patent Bolt), is oddly shaped and seems to have minimal aesthetics. No front-facing hardware button, or any hardware buttons to speak of. The curious part is the gullwing top, which looks to be used to hold the phone to the tablet.

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It’s hard to think Samsung would consider these commercially attractive, so this could be an enterprise device. We’d also like to think Samsung could come up with a sleeker device, especially for an all-in-one. Perhaps geared toward those in the field who need a tablet and phone, this kind of device could help satisfy a number of needs.

A phone that distinct will be polarizing, even if it has a tablet accompanying it. We should also consider that we don’t have any indicators as to size, so this could be a bluetooth device or something similar for a larger phone. It will be interesting to see if this one ever sees the light of day.